01/02/2016 - Male - Australia Spearfisher suffers serious injuries fighting off shark A man needed emergency surgery after being attacked by a shark up to 3m long. The 31-year-old man was bitten on his arms and legs while swimming near Miall Island, off Yeppoon, just before midday on Saturday. He suffered cuts to his legs and arms, including serious...

01/06/2016 - Male - Australia Boy in stable condition after Australian shark attack CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An 11-year-old boy was in a stable condition in hospital on Wednesday after he was mauled by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef off the Australian east coast, officials said. The boy was attacked by a black tipped reef shark on Tuesday...

12/25/2015 - Ojeda-Thies - Canary Island Tourist bitten by shark off coast of Gran Canaria A woman has been bitten by a shark off the coast of Gran Canaria during a Chirstmas holiday. She went for a swim after Christmas dinner with her relatives and was bitten 60ft from the shoreline. Authorities are keen to stress that it was a ‘one-off’ over...

12/22/2015 - Male - Brazil Shark Incident Reported From Brazilian Archipelago Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 22. December 2015 In the late afternoon of Monday (Dec.21), a man suffered severe injuries in a shark attack at Fernando de Noronha. It’s a small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, located over 350 km (220 miles) offshore from...

11/25/2015 - Graham Hurley - Galapagos Islands NARRATIVE: Graham Hurley had been in the water 45 minutes along with 11 others and was snorkeling on the surface. “The shark appeared swimming calmly on the bottom as it came around a rock wall corner and came in my direction” reported Hurley. “Then shark lunged toward me, grabbed my right flipper...

12/19/2015 - Adrian Granadas - Aruba - *** Fatal *** Adrian Granadas victim of fatal shark attack off Aruba Saturday, December 19 A survivor of a shipwreck that occurred about thirty miles off the coast of Aruba was apparently attacked by a shark with fatal consequences. According to the article(s) which is written in Papiamento, a Venezuelan...

11/07/2015 - Ryla Underwood - Florida Units responded to beachside Melbourne this morning after reports of a bite, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue. The victim, a 9-year-old girl, was surfing at Paradise Beach in Melbourne when she suffered a bite of some kind. A fire rescue spokesperson on Twitter said officials were unsure what bit the...

11/15/2015 - Female - Florida There were two shark attacks in the waters off Palm Beach County, both happening yesterday. Allen Engelman was surfing in the waters off Ocean Reef Park on Singer Island, when he says a Spinner shark clenched its teeth into his left hand. He grabbed the shark's fin with his right hand and the shark let go. He says it...

11/16/2015 - Aaron Conti - Florida BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A surfer is recovering after being bitten on the foot by a shark off Playalinda Beach on Monday. Aaron Conti said he was out for a day of surfing to clear his mind and relax. "I like nature. It's God's creation. You see stuff," Conti said. Conti said he was on his board early Monday...

11/15/2015 - Allen Engelman - Florida SINGER ISLAND, Fla-- A Singer Island surfer says he was bitten by a shark Sunday in the waters near Ocean Reef Park. Allen Engelman now has 15 stitches on his left hand. He was about planning to go surfing when it all happened. “I felt his head around my elbow. My other arm, I felt his peck fin,” said...

11/10/2015 - Sam Morgan - Australia Calls grow for more protection from sharks after surfer mauled off Australian coast Latest attack took in Ballina, close to where a Japanese tourist was killed by a shark in February Australia Shark Attack A total of 14 shark attacks have taken place this year in Australia's most populous state New South Wales...

11/03/2015 - Male - Hawaii Swimmer attacked by shark at nude beach in Hawaii BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - Wildlife officials on Wednesday confirmed that the swimmer who was bitten on his foot while swimming in a remote area of the Big Island was attacked by a shark. The man, 54, was in the water Tuesday morning at the clothing-optional Kehena...

10/15/2015 - Alberto Rafael - Mozambique The Hunt Is On For Killer Shark In Inhambane, Mozambique (2015-10-21) Inhambane Maritime Administration yesterday launched a hunt for the shark that has been creating havoc in Inhambane Bay since last week, attacking fishermen and tourists alike. Maritime Administrator in Inhambane, Américo Sitoe, said...

11/01/2015 - Albino Ernesto - Mozambique 19-Year Old Fisherman Looses Both Arms In Another Shark Attack Off Maxixe, Inhambane Bay - Mozambique (2015-11-02) It was supposed to be a normal fishing day, but instead tragedy came knocking on Albino Ernesto’s door. The 19-year old fisherman was attacked by a shark and lost both his arms fishing for...

10/17/2015 - Albertina Cavel - Mozambique ***Fatal*** The Hunt Is On For Killer Shark In Inhambane, Mozambique (2015-10-21) Inhambane Maritime Administration yesterday launched a hunt for the shark that has been creating havoc in Inhambane Bay since last week, attacking fishermen and tourists alike. Maritime Administrator in Inhambane, Américo...

11/01/2015 - Female - Florida COCOA BEACH — A 28-year-old woman was bitten by a shark while wading in waist-deep water in the Atlantic Ocean off Cocoa Beach Sunday. "She was about waist deep in the water when she got bit on the ankle. We were able to administer care to her," said Chief Jeff Scabarozi, Brevard County Ocean Rescue. The woman, who...

10/30/2015 - Norman Galli - Australia Shark attack near Bald Island: man spearfishing thought ‘bump’ was boat A man was discharged from a West Australian hospital today after being “bumped” then dragged by a shark while spearfishing off the stretch of south coast where a teenager was killed by a shark last summer. The 50-year-old from Perth...